Lostwithiel Crossing signal box looks absolutely stunning in the afternoon summer sun. Despite it having had some sympathetic modernisation it still retains much of it original looks. It still has its shallow-pitched roof with barge-boards and spear-point finials to the gable ends. Lostwithiel box is thought to be the earliest surviving Great Western type 5 box on the network dating from 1893. Along with a number of other boxes in Cornwall, it is grade II listed so a future is secure after closure.
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